Butter clams, important to many Alaskans’ diets, are notorious for being sources of the toxin that causes sometimes-deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning. Now a new study is providing information that ...

The Lobster Place in Chelsea Market now carries butter clams, farmed in Maine, at a size just right for pasta alle vongole. By Florence Fabricant See more of our coverage in your search ...

A pristine oyster on the half shell, unadorned, fresh, cold and briny, is a near-perfect thing. A properly shucked littleneck clam, alone, or with a drop or two of lemon and Tabasco, will make you say ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams that were recreationally harvested in Island County.

When summer fades and the season tilts to autumn, my appetite grows and shifts to warmth and comfort, craving steaming bowls of chowder and stews, warm drinks and fortifying libations. This steamy ...

A new study on the long-term relationship between humans and clams in B.C."s Salish Sea is helping to inform modern marine resource management. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and the Hakai ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A butter clam. (Photo by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) A butter clam. Butter clams are found from the Aleutian ...

Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams that were recreationally harvested in Island County. The paralytic shellfish ...

OLYMPIA — Health officials in Washington state say they have confirmed a case of shellfish poisoning in a person who ate butter clams that were recreationally harvested in Island County. The paralytic ...